Love this trade, we get rid of a player who'll likely not see the field for a very serviceable RB in Goodson. Now we can use a draft pick on another need now, and man I'm likely the potential of DMC, Taiwan Jones and Mike Goodson running behind our oline.

Love this trade, we get rid of a player who'll likely not see the field for a very serviceable RB in Goodson. Now we can use a draft pick on another need now, and man I'm likely the potential of DMC, Taiwan Jones and Mike Goodson running behind our oline.

I too enjoy the potential of Taiwan Jones and Mike Goodson. Not sure who that first guy is though...his name rings a bell from injury reports maybe.

Forte has done his best to make the organization look bad in repeated ESPN appearances, complaining about his contract status. He was particularly displeased with the Bears' signing of Michael Bush, even though shared rushing attempts could actually work to prolong Forte's career.

Forte is a good back. New GM Phil Emery knows it, or else he wouldn't have slapped Forte with the franchise tag. But the Bears now have a starting-caliber replacement, and can find another on day two of the draft. On the trade market, Forte could fetch a second-round pick and then some.

Unnecessary and probably won't happen... BUT... Imagine the possibilities!
I kinda want to see how Vereen and Ridley turn out. I think they have a lot of potential.
Adding Forte would make our offense even that more ridiculous. We'll see!
Brady did just restructure :) lol

Demetrius Bell visiting the eagles this weekend - would be a good 1-year signing with Peters done for the season. Fits Mudd's scheme pretty well.

The belief when we drafted Bell was that he was another very raw type that would eventually take over as our left tackle replacement for Peters, so this is fun to see. There was a bit (a lot) of overconfidence on our part, but you could do a lot worse in trying to patch up that situation.

Giants fans have no right to complain and Reese does this almost every year. No FML needed at all.

No one was complaining. I'm happy for Ross that he's going to go to a team were he'll get to stick on the outside for as long as he stays healthy so that he can excel once again. Plus I've been joking about him finally managing to stay healthy once he walks in FA for a few years now.

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Is Shaun Hill a top 10 QB? Definitely not. Is he a top 20 one? Almost certainly.

Maybe at first. I seem to recall that by the time the draft actually came up, most people didn't think too much of him dropping like he did.

I liked Jared Veldheer a lot more that year, and I wasn't surprised to see the Raiders pick him as high as they did. Athletically, he tested better at the combine than Campbell did. Also, Hillsdale College is a feeder school for Harvard Law, so you knew he had the work ethic and intelligence to make it at an elite private college. Veldheer also dominated on tape; which even against an admittedly lower level of competition, is more than we could say for Campbell.

Depending if that takes into account the money Marion Barber saves the Bears by retiring, they might not have cut anyone yet. His number was round $3 million iirc and I can't imagine we got down to $500k with who we acquired.

Even if not, getting up to the $5 million teams like to keep aside shouldn't be too bad. One restructuring/extension would probably do it.

Who are the likely cap casualties for these teams that would create obvious needs in the first few rounds of the draft?

Packers can clear some space just by releasing Clifton and Driver, but are in no hurry to do either. I think Driver is due a roster bonus about the time training camp starts and Clifton is all base so nothing is due until week 1.